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24 - Does Meditation Cure Sickness?
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Addition 24.1 - Deep Meditation as an Aid for
Neurological Disorders
(Audio)
Addition 24.2 - Meditation for Illness and for
Going Beyond Illness
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Addition 24.3 - Can Meditation Cure Chronic Muscle Tightness?
(Audio)
Addition 24.4 - Meditation, Yoga and Eye Health Issues
(Audio)
Addition 24.5 - Can Meditation Help Those with Mental Health
Issues?
(Audio)
Addition 24.6 - Yogani's Experience with a Major Illness
(Audio)
Dec 2, 2003
Q: If I am
sick, will meditation help me get better?
A: It can, but it is a far better prevention than a
cure. As the nervous system becomes more balanced over time from a regular
routine of daily meditation, the body's immune system functions much more
efficiently, and there is far less chance of falling sick. Other advanced yoga
practices we will be discussing here will further enhance the body's resistance
to illness.
Balance and purity of body and mind are known to be among the best
defenses against disease. Meditation and other methods of yoga are important
contributors. You could say that good health is a coincident benefit of
long-term meditation practice, a foundation upon which we are building a much
greater thing - enlightenment.
In our Western culture, we tend to think in terms of fighting disease when it
has come upon us after months and years of unhealthy living, rather than
cultivating a state of balance within ourselves in advance that will practically
nullify the occurrence of disease. No doubt, achieving good prevention through
balanced, healthy living is the best course of action. But if we get sick,
meditation can help us there too. If you are bedridden, meditate as much as is
comfortable, alternating with sleep periods. Be very relaxed about it, leaning
back on a pile of pillows. Meditation will help the healing process. But do not
expect it to be a magic bullet that will instantly correct a situation that has
finally tipped toward sickness after a period of unbalanced living. Instead,
think of working your way back into good daily habits, including meditation,
which will lead to long term balance. Then sickness will be much less of a
factor in life.
Of course, sooner or later, these bodies of ours will disintegrate and die. The
longer we have cultivated pure bliss consciousness within, the less overwhelming
and confusing will the transition be. This is the greatest cure of all.
The guru is in you.
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Note: For detailed instructions on deep meditation, see the
Deep Meditation Online Book.
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